Table 2. Summary of publications with original research on strongyloidiasis in Australian Indigenous people^*.

Study	Purpose of Study	Study Location	participants+	Study Design
[4]	To investigate the biomedical consequences of lifestyle changes among communities in order to help people understand changes and to cope with them.	Arhhem Land, Northern Territory	403 Iac	Cross-sectional and longitudinal
[5]	To report prevalence and distribution of infections with S. stercoralis in communities.	Remote communities, Queensland	122 Ic	Retrospective
[21]	To present the case of one adult with 10 episodes of meningitis due to strongyloidiasis.	Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia	1 Ia	Retrospective case
[22]	To report a case study of a child that demonstrates how clinically unsuspected strongyloidiasis progresses to hyperinfection after increase in immunosuppression medication.	Adelaide Childrens Hospital	1 Ic	Case
[16]	To describe a case of hyperinfection.	Royal Darwin Hospital	1 Ia	Case
[28]	To explore the utility of antibody tests for confirming cure of strongyldoidiasis in endemic population.	Arnhem land, Northern Territory	508 Iac	Case control
[15]	To determine whether complicated strongyloidiasis occurs in association with HTLV-1 infection.	Alice Springs Hospital	18 Iac	Retrospective case
[41]	To compare infection-related mortality rates and pathogens associated for Indigenous and non-Indigenous adults.	Alice Springs Hospital	351 Ia; 162 Na	Retrospective comparison
[40]	To compare bloodstream infection rates, pathogens and mortality among Indigenous and non-Indigenous adults.	Alice Springs Hospital	614 Ia; 69 Na	Retrospective comparison
[42]	To report biopsy findings using histological assessment and examination under dissecting microscope in intestinal mucosal biopsies from children.	Royal Alexandra Hospital for children	30 Ic	Prospective comparison
[43]	To indicate the extent or severity of diarrheal disease in children in communities.	Kimberley region, Northern Territory	100 Ic	Prospective
[44]	To show that the severity of diarrheal disease in children as a consequence of underlying small intestinal mucosal damage.	Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory	339 Ic; 36 Nc	Prospective comparison
[45]	To describe clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of strongyloidiasis and to identify predisposing factors.	Townsville General Hospital	9 Iac; 5 Nac	Retrospective
[46]	To describe strongyloidiasis in children.	Darwin Hospital	8 Ic	Case
[50]	To describe clinical and laboratory features of strongyloidiasis.	Royal Darwin Hospital	64 Iac; 4 Nac	Retrospective
[51]	To present the case of an infant with meningitis and who subsequently developed complete small-intestinal obstruction.	Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children	1 Ic	Case

+a = Adult(s); c = child(ren), ac = adult(s) and child(ren), I = Indigenous; N = non-Indigenous;

*For the purpose of this paper, we respectively use the term Indigenous to represent Australian Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.